Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Tobelite

Views:
Watches:
SKY806344

Tobelite

Type Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Ohgidani, Tobe-cho, Iyo District, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Yellowish white aggregates of the very rare ammonium silicate tobelite from the type locality in Tobe.

Found in 1983.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tobelite

Formula: 
(NH4,K)Al2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Horou deposit, Kamo-gun, Hiroshima prefecture, Chugoku region, Honshu Island, Japan

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps